B. Research Findings
1. The Description of Data
As stated in the preceding chapter, that this “Skripsi” is focused, about the descriptive writing errors done by the 8
th
grade of SMP Islamiyah Sawangan in writing. The writer identified the errors to get answer what the problem really is.
Therefore, the writer marked the sentences containing errors by personal pronouns, spelling, article, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, and non count
nouns.
Table 1 Type of error in descriptive writing
No Personal pronouns
Spelling Article Capitalization
Subject- Verb
Agreement Non
count nouns
1 3 - -
- -
- 2 9
- 3 -
6 -
3 3 - 6
- 6
1 4 3
- - 3
- -
5 9 2 -
- 6
- 6 9
2 6 -
6 1
7 8 - 3
3 6
- 8 3
- 3 -
- 1
9 3 1 6
3 6
- 10 3
- 1
- 6
1 11 3
1 4
3 6
- 12 -
1 -
- -
- 13 3
1 3
- 6
- 14 -
- 3
- -
- 15 3
1 -
- 6
- 16 -
2 -
- -
-
17 9 1 15
6 6
- 18 9
1 3
- -
- 19 3
- -
12 6
- 20 3
- -
- -
- 86 13
56 30 72
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2. The Analysis of Data
From the data collected, the writer found three aspects of error of the use in the descriptive writing, she marked the sentences containing errors by personal
pronouns, spelling, article, capitalization, subject-verb agreement and non count nouns. The identified error could be seen from the table based on the three
categories with the explanation and correction.
Table 2
Student’s Sentences No Student’s
sentences Error Classification
Reconstructions 1 Fish : This is a fish. It lives
in the water. It’s color is
black. It eats things in the water.
Zebra : This is a zebra. It
lives in the forest. It’s
color is black and white. It eats grass.
Cat : This is a cat. It lives
in the house. It’s color is
white. It eats fish and mouse
Personal Pronouns : 3x Spelling : -
Article : - Capitalization : -
Subject-Verb Agreement : -
Noncount nouns : - Fish
: This is a fish. It lives in the water. Its
color is black. It eats pellet.
Zebra : This is a zebra.
It lives in the forest. Its
color is black and white. It eats grass.
Cat : This is a cat. It
lives in the house Its
color is grey. It eats mouse and fish.
2. Fish : This is a fish. Fish Personal Pronouns:9 Fish